Zeene Eatz & Rates Millionnaire's Bacon @ Sweet Maple

[Music] so for the last couple of days i've been dreaming about bacon and all its salty fatty chewy goodness so today i'm gonna do something about it and i'm gonna hit sweet maple which is on the border between western edition and lower pack heights in san francisco to put it into context it's about two blocks up the street from jane the bakery back there sweet maple is best known for its millionaire's bacon which is essentially a candy bacon with the consistency of a tender pork chop it all starts with a half inch thick slab of center cut pork belly which is then slathered in brown sugar in various spices and slow roasted in a low heat oven for about four hours until the sugar takes on this beautiful burnished glaze and the exterior of the meat is nice and crispy and the interior is chewy and tender it's so good millionaire's bacon was featured on discovery channel's united states of food while sweet maple didn't invent the dish they perfected it trademarked it and now sell it across all of their restaurants in addition to their flagship store here there's also blackwood in the marina district a kitchen story in the mission district taylor street coffee shop in the tenderloin fred's coffee shop in sausalito kitchen sunnyside in mill valley and the berkeley social club in berkeley i like hitting sweet maple because it offers a 20 poopoo platter of all of their various millionaires bacon flavors there's four flavors all together in the sampler platter you've got two savory the original which is seasoned with a dash of cayenne pepper for a little bit of a kick and the herbal rosemary which has also got a bit of pepper to it as well and two sweet and savory the citron which is basically orange zest with sea salt and the cinnamon which has got a hint of chipotle in addition to the cinnamon yes i'm picking up an order for zine they should be announcing today that the bay area can go back to outdoor dining but for today we're going to take our food down to kimball playground which is where i shot my video for cardamom buns at jane the bakery and it's across the street from jane the bakery here's the original with that beautiful sugar glaze and if i pop it over onto the back [Music] you can see the quality cut of meat definitely on the fattier side with a nice marbling of the leaner meat in between so good the fatty bits are melting your mouth and i love the chewiness of the lean meat too and that very molasses candied coating is just awesome gotta take another bite let's try that rosemary next yum rosemary's got this very strong very distinct almost licorice unease type flavor to it and it's the perfect accent for meat and i love its contrast to the sweetness of the glaze and both flavors are pretty powerful and hold up really really well to that saltiness of the bacon let's try the cinnamon with chipotle next [Music] spicy that chipotle's got a kick to it cinnamon's not so distinct in this one between the pepper and the sugar it just kind of disappears from the flavor profile but this is a great peppery piece of bacon this piece is on the leaner side so you can definitely taste that chewier pork jerky texture on this that's why i love getting a couple of slices of sample because in some you might get this sort of leaner cheer texture and in others it'll be much more fattier and melt in your mouth all right we'll end with a citron which should have that citrusy goodness to it that's got a very surprising flavor it's sweet and definitely citrusy but not orangey at all and the sea salt really mellows out the sweetness so that you've got a really nice balance i'm kind of surprised how well the sea salt works given that the bacon's already kind of salty and doesn't feel like it pushes it over too much on the salty side that satisfied my craving all right on to the ratings out of ten i give millionaires bacon eight and a half my favorite was the rosemary but there wasn't one flavor that i didn't like they were all perfect and the only thing that i wish there were more of are slices in the platter overall if you're looking for a quality piece of candied bacon it fully delivers all that all four are sweet they're chewy and melt in your mouth at the same time slices are nice and big and thick and if you like variety you can't go wrong with a sample each of these flavors is so distinct now for those of you who would like to try this but don't have the sweet maple nearby you can diy i'll include links to a couple of good recipes down in the description box below but note that if you want to get as good a sweet maple you gotta commit to a slow roast process and if you do attempt it send me a couple of strips in the mail and that'll do it for this week's epic eats for those in the bay area stay dry this week and until next week see ya

Channel: Zeene InRealLife

Views: 882

Keywords: Zeeneinreallife, Zeene In Real Life, ZeeneIRL, Zeene IRL, Zeene's Epic Eatz, Epic Eatz, Millionaire's Bacon, Million Dollar Bacon, candied bacon, bacon, brunch in San Francisco, breakfast in San Francisco, top brunch in San Francisco, top breakfast in San Francisco

Id: Fl5cEYYJTz8

Length: 5min 49sec (349 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 10 2021